BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

Business Segment Information

BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

15.  BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION:

   The following information is presented in accordance with the accounting pronouncement regarding disclosures about segments of an enterprise and related information".  The Companies' business segments were determined from the Companies' internal organization and management reporting, which are based primarily on differences in services.  

   Real Estate Management/Rental Operations

   Real Estate Management/Rental Operations consists of: investment properties leased to others located in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Minnesota, Louisiana and Colorado; recreational club activities; services to the trusts that operate resort residential communities; sales of investment properties; and rental of land and land improvements.  

   Land Resource Management

   Land Resource Management consists of: land sales; land purchases; timbering operations; the Jack Frost National Golf Course; and a real estate development division.  Timbering operations consist of selective timbering on our land holdings.  Contracts are entered into for parcels that have had the timber selectively marked.  We rely on the advice of our forester, who is engaged on a consulting basis and who receives a commission on each stumpage contract, for the timing and selection of certain parcels of land for timbering.  Our forester gives significant attention to protecting the environment and retaining the value of these parcels for future timber harvests.  The Jack Frost National Golf Course is managed by Billy Casper Golf, LLC, an unaffiliated third party.  The real estate development division is responsible for the residential land development activities which include overseeing the construction of single and multi-family homes and development of infrastructure.

   Funds expended to date for real estate development have been primarily for infrastructure improvements and home construction in the Laurelwoods II and Boulder Lake Village communities.  At October 31, 2012, the construction of 22 single family homes and four duplex homes in Laurelwoods II and the construction of 18 condominium units within Building J at Boulder Lake Village on Big Boulder Lake were completed.  Other expenditures for our development projects in the planning phases include fees for architects, engineers, consultants, studies and permits.

   Information by business segment is as follows:

	10/31/13	10/31/12	10/31/11
Revenues from continuing operations:
Real estate management/rental operations	$2,773,347	$2,787,941	$2,806,476
Land resource management	8,527,000	4,341,767	2,872,670
Total revenues from operations	$11,300,347	$7,129,708	$5,679,146
Operating profit (loss) from continuing operations, excluding general and administrative expenses:
Real estate management/rental operations	$895,857	$843,515	$825,152
Land resource management	921,290	(323,964)	(1,544,539)
Total operating profit, excluding general and administrative expenses	$1,817,147	$519,551	($719,387)

General and administrative expenses:
Real estate management/rental operations	$557,362	$735,801	$885,251
Land resource management	1,713,678	1,145,890	906,130
Total general and administrative expenses	$2,271,040	$1,881,691	$1,791,381
Interest and other income, net:
Real estate management/rental operations	$587	$1,216	$5,382
Land resource management	1,952	2,099	5,877
Total interest and other income, net	$2,539	$3,315	$11,259
Interest expense:
Real estate management/rental operations	$930,151	$955,531	$1,085,769
Land resource management	67,056	172,556	329,262
Total Interest expense	$997,207	$1,128,087	$1,415,031
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes	($1,448,561)	($2,486,912)	($3,914,540)

  For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2013, we had land sales to Hanson Aggregates for $1,600,000 and to Wildlands Conservancy for $5,000,000.  For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012, we sold the Jack Frost Mountain and Big Boulder ski areas for a total of $9,000,000 and the Jack in the Box property for $1,911,419. For fiscal year ended October 31, 2011, we sold the Applebee’s property for $1,450,000.  For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010, there were no concentration of sales.

   Identifiable assets, net of accumulated depreciation at October 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 and depreciation expense and capital expenditures for the years then ended by business segment are as follows:

	Identifiable  Assets	Depreciation and  Amortization Expense	Capital  Expenditures
October 31, 2013
Real estate management/rental operations	$26,077,479	$775,693	$5,028
Land resource management	19,713,059	318,699	3,375
Other corporate	84,780	37,463	81,098
Discontinued operations	166,682	0	0
Total Assets	$46,042,000	$1,131,855	$89,501
October 31, 2012
Real estate management/rental operations	$26,125,839	$804,900	$24,579
Land resource management	23,990,608	342,580	9,617
Other corporate	288,363	77,856	59,285
Discontinued operations	166,682	1,666	0
Total Assets	$50,571,492	$1,227,002	$93,481
October 31, 2011
Real estate management/rental operations	$20,629,423	$623,470	$761
Land resource management	33,251,319	382,559	225,105
Other corporate	222,697	109,991	203,691
Discontinued operations	11,002,270	238,810	0
Total Assets	$65,105,709	$1,354,830	$429,557

   All asset impairments in Fiscal 2013, 2012 and 2011 relate to the Land Resource Management segment.